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The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 20, 1881 (open access)

The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 20, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 20, 1881
Creator: Hill, Joe W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: August 31, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: August 3, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 13, 1881 (open access)

The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 13, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 13, 1881
Creator: Hill, Joe W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 10, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 10, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: August 10, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: August 17, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 27, 1881 (open access)

The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 27, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 27, 1881
Creator: Hill, Joe W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 6, 1881 (open access)

The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 6, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 6, 1881
Creator: Hill, Joe W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1881 (open access)

Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 19, 1881
Creator: Graves, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1881 (open access)

Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 5, 1881
Creator: Graves, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1881 (open access)

Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 12, 1881
Creator: Graves, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1881 (open access)

Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Graham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 26, 1881
Creator: Graves, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 10, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 10, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 10, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 3, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 24, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 24, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 24, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 17, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 31, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 31, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects. (open access)

Apparatus for Destroying Insects.

Patent for a new and improved apparatus for killing ants. This design "consist[s] of frame, levers, pivoted arms, piston-rod, piston provided with valves and openings, air-tight iron chamber having opening pipe, furnace provided with double lid, lugs, pipe, clamp, and wedge . . . whereby the flame as well as the poisonous vapors are injected into the insect chambers" (lines 50-58).
Date: August 2, 1881
Creator: Gray, Hiram Balderston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breakwater. (open access)

Breakwater.

Patent for a new and improved breakwater. This design "furnish[es] breakwaters for protecting harbors and roadsteads, and keeping open channels through bars at the entrances of harbors, the mouths of rivers, and in other places, and which shall not be liable to be destroyed by the marine worm" (lines 13-19).
Date: August 9, 1881
Creator: Follett, Alexander Glass
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of devices for raising and lowering the hoes and throwing them in and out of gear" (lines 8-11).
Date: August 9, 1881
Creator: Helmecke, Friederich A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the rack-bars seated in ways recessed in the sides of the draw-head, toothed segments engaging therewith, a shaft carrying said toothed segments, and also bearing within the cavity of the draw-head a vibratory arm and a setting-lever, from which the coupling-pin is suspended, connected to said vibratory arm" (lines 24-32).
Date: August 16, 1881
Creator: Stephens, Lawrence Earnest. & Pool, George Washington.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster. (open access)

Coffee Roaster.

Patent for a new and improved "culinary utensil primarily intended for use as a coffee roaster, but also . . . of any article which needs to be stirred while upon the fire" (lines 12-16). This design utilizes a crankshaft to stir the beans (or other foods) as they roast.
Date: August 23, 1881
Creator: Walling, Edmund Pendleton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Harness. (open access)

Attachment for Harness.

Patent for a new and improved attachment for harnesses. This design "relates to attachments for harness; and it consists of a plate having a safety-hook, a back-band buckle, and guide-rings" (lines 20-23).
Date: August 30, 1881
Creator: Applewhite, David T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consists, principally, in a cotton-chopper provided with a rolling support that is swiveled to the front end of the frame and trails behind such swiveled connection immediately in front of the cutting-blades . . . it consists, further, in the construction and combination of the various parts of the machine, whereby the same is enabled to operate across the row of cotton-plants" (lines 16-28).
Date: August 30, 1881
Creator: Wilder, Bert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History